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If SL didnt want to sack LJ on the worst losing streak in this clubs entire history, he's certainly not going to sack him when we are in the position we are in. LJ is here to stay for the long long term, even if that meant relegation to League one IMO

It does make you wonder. Diony was never the answer ,a foreign striker who has barely scored a goal all season, was going to be very difficult for him to come in and hit the ground running. Again the other two signings were poor both young/lacking in experience so again not ones to come in and hit the ground running from the off.. And then obviously no RB brought in. A very disappointing January all in all and with a bit of courage from the board things could have been much better IMO.

This is spot on for me. Joe Bryan is a good Championship player but I just dont think he has what it takes to really become an established player in the Premier League, he's not the player many of our fans think he is IMO.

I also think its about experience. Age is just that age.. Josh Brownhill for example has a huge amount of pro appearances under his belt already at 22 and probably more than some 25/26 year olds that are in the sport have.. does that then mean just because the 25/26 are older than Josh they should be more of an experienced head? Of course it dosn't, Josh has played enough professional games to know better than those lads.. (not singling Brownhill out in particular just using him as an example) point im making is every player needs to stand up and take responsibility, far too easy to hide behind the 'but im young' bull IMO.

Agree. Its an easy cop out the age thing, like you said 25 is not young particularly for a footballer.. the majority of these lads have lots and lots of pro games under there belts so for me im in total agreement that its just being used as a convenient excuse..
As for the 2008 comparison i cant help but agree and i have brought up the comparison myself a few times on this forum over the last week or two. People will argue and say we are in a different place both on and off the field to what we were in 2008 and they are not wrong, we are building towards the future and our transfer policy is much better now but you have to wonder as a club historically these opportunities to reach the top flight come around once in a bluemoon for Bristol City football club and IMO more should have been done this January to strengthen. I mean realistically who's to say we wont struggle next season? It would then make this opportunity even more of a missed one.

The last gap you see in that single tier has still yet to have the pre cast concrete slabs layed, its deffinetly going to be one single tier.. But like all large single tiered stands (the kop yellow wall etc) the underneath of the stand will still be tiered with different levels and concourses, so in effect it will only appear to be single tiered from the outside.. underneath wont be

Im not keen on the premier league but christ lord it's embarrassing that we haven't had a top flight club in this city for over 30 years.. for that reason alone it would be nice to finally get that monkey off our back so to speak.

Fair play to him. Seems a similar situation to David Bentley, just fell out of love with the game. I can understand it in many ways, the years of monotonous training and dieting plus often upping sticks to move your family to parts of the country you would probably rather not be living in.. would do my head in personally..

Agree.
Its all well and good trying to build something but as others have said if players get sold this summer there is no guarantee's we will be able to replace, with the unpredictability and toughness of this league its not beyond the realms of possibility that we could struggle next season and the 2017/18 will really look like a season of missed opportunity.
Its all ifs and buts at the moment and to be fair BCFC finally does seem to be being run with a vision in mind so maybe my fears of the post 2008 decline is just paranoia on my part. I would just love it if we now were to kick on if we are at this level again and really be a promotion threat next season.